anyway and it's like the whole week of the united nations general assembly is like a progressive dinner party without the progress. and they just go around and around. and i'm telling you, this is a boondoggle. you want to save money, make this meeting every other year because you really don't need it every year. the thing that is interesting about the orrin hatch piece is that they haven't had to do that before to threaten to cut off aid and vote for it in the house or senate because we never walked this far up to the line. the other development today was that abbas, the president of the palestinian authority, said he will not heed president obama's request to not call for the vote. and that is a different dynamic. we'll have to see how that shakes out. >> there was some poll that said four out of ten americans have no opinion on this matter. i'm kind of one of them. for americans, the conflict there is like construction on a freeway. you drive by, it's been going on for years, you never see any progress at all. >> that's what i'm saying. >> it's like it goes on forever. >> in other wo

is dealing with is it this week in new york, coshing the united nations general assembly meeting. tonight on special report, we will look at the serious complications of a potential bid for pal falstatehood. and we'll see how the president recognized the new leaders ever libya. republicans are taking full advantage of the president's quandary over the palestinians, seeking to paint him as giving in to israel's enemies. ahead of thursday's republican canned daylight debate in orlando, we will find out who issues of most of concern to floridians and what brit hume has to say about the president's call to have the rich pay more taxes, citing warren buffett. on the grapevine, you won't believe how much you paid for a government muffin. special report from washington, starting at 6:00 eastern. back to new york and my friends at "the five." >> you know what needs a bump is peter schiff? all right. welcome back to "the five." so there is a new hotline for illegal immigrants facing deportation. for reasons i don't understand, some people are upset about this. the call is a directory to lawyers or

nations general assembly today. the topic, palestinian statehood. we will listen to their comments. believe it or not, there could be another last minute deal necessary to avoid another threatened government shutdown. we'll tell you what this conflict is all about. and in the grapevine, why dead people and their relatives are getting some of your hard earned money. special report from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now, i will send it back up to new york and my ko colleagues h "the five". ♪ play me some mountain music like grandma and grandis pa used to play ♪ >> welcome back to "the five". it was quite the scene at the united nations earlier today where palestinian president mahmoud abbas took the stage. he is urging members of the u.n. to grant the palestinians statehood. he called on israel to come to peace and perhaps the most interesting moment was when received a standing ovation at the end of his speech. not actually surprising, but a little nauseating because netanyahu who followed him did not. abbas put in the application for statehood today. the u.n. body is going

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